Program areas at Freestore Foodbank
Freestore Foodbank has served our neighbors in need for 53 years, starting in cincinnati, Ohio and expanding to a 20-county region in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. The mission of Freestore Foodbank is to improve lives by eliminating hunger in partnership with our community. Our vision is a hunger-free, healthy, and thriving community. To achieve this vision, our objectives are to provide nutritious food, connect families to supportive services and ensure hope through pathways from crisis to stability including programs for long-term stability and workforce development. The majority of the organization's revenue comes from food and product donations (non-cash contributions). Financial contributions are obtained to support our programs and services with the goal of eliminating food insecurity in our region. Freestore Foodbank supplied over 39 million meals in the 2024 fiscal year, helping to serve the 250,000 food insecure individuals in our region (according to feeding america's map the meal gap). A trusted network of more than 540 community partners helps Freestore Foodbank to distribute emergency food and other social services. Member agencies include: soup kitchens, shelters, food pantries, churches, daycare centers, senior centers, school program sites and other community and social service organizations. Together, we can solve hunger!
Located in cincinnati's over-the-rhine, Freestore Foodbank's customer connection center and liberty street market meets the needs of our community's most vulnerable neighbors, including those who are homeless or unemployed, as well as the working poor and families in crisis. Emergency food assistance, serving over 30,000 clients annually was distributed from the liberty street market during the 2024 fiscal year, helping to feed local families in need. The new bea taylor market also provides access to fresh and shelf-stable food resources at our new location on rosenthal way, providing more than 1.3 million meals. Freestore Foodbank works daily to address not only the issue of hunger, but also offers services aimed at creating stability and self-sufficiency in the areas of housing, transportation, clothing, benefits enrollment, financial management and job assistance.